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Acts 20:16

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16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.

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Speak against the Son of Man

  

In Matthew 12:31-32, this signifies to speak against the literal sense of the Word, or the divine truth as it is on earth; while to speak against the Holy Spirit is to utter blasphemies against the Divine Truth as it is in the Lord, or in heaven. (Apocalypse Explained 778[3])

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Arcana Coelestia #7220

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7220. 'Come, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt' means a warning to those who molest by means of utter falsities. This is clear from the meaning of 'speaking to', since it is to be done by Divine command, as a warning; and from the representation of 'Pharaoh' as those who molest by means of falsities, dealt with in 7107, 7110, 7126, 7142. And since they were utter falsities, the expression 'Pharaoh king of Egypt' is used, for in the genuine sense 'king' means truth, and in the contrary sense falsity, 2015, 2069.

  
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